The Board of FEIF invites for applications to organise the WorldChampionships 2013. A document describing Rules and Requirements for Organisers is available from the download section (Sport) of this website. Any application should comply with this document.
News Archive
New trophy at World Championships
This year a new perpetual trophy will be introduced at the World Championships, for the winning team. As the trophy is new, it needs to be designed and created. The Board of FEIF invites interested parties to present a design (including costs) to the Board of FEIF...
WorldRanking: marks and times per horse
A new feature has been added to the WorldRanking on the FEIF website: to look for marks and times of horses in WorldRanking competions. Now that it is mandatory to register all horses in FEIF WorldRanking events, it is possible to look up horses by name or FEIFId, or...
The Icelandic horse world grieves for Bruno Podlech
The Icelandic horse world has lost a great person: Bruno Podlech. On May 6, 2009, Bruno died after a long illness. Bruno Podlech was one of the pioneers of Icelandic horse riding and Icelandic horse breeding in Germany. Far beyond the German borders his knowledge, his...
Sport Judges at World Championships 2009
The list of Sport Judges at the World Championships 2009 in Brunnadern (CH) has been changed slightly, as Tómas Ragnarsson isn't able to be a judge. Ann Winter has been appointed in his place. The list is as follows: Chief judge is Einar Ragnarsson, Deputy Chief Judge...
Belgium joins WorldRanking
The first WorldRanking event in Belgium will take place July 4 and 5, 2009 in Bornem near Antwerp. FEIF congratulates our member association BSIJP with this step into the international sport world.
New edition of sport judges’ guidelines
A new edition of the Sport Judges' Guidelines (version 1.5/2009) has been published. This version only contains a change in the guidelines for pace at the oval track in the five gaited tests (F1, F2 and F3), especially in the transitions into and back from pace.
Minutes FEIF Conference
The minutes of the Delegates' Assembly 2009 (English and German) and of the Annual Meetings Chairmen, Sport, Breeding, Education and Youth have been published on the FEIF website.
FIZO 8/2009
The new FIZO (valid as of April 1, 2009) is available for download. The main changes concern - the responsibility for health checks - the possibility to use the last conformation assessment within 60 days - the fact that only micro chipping is accepted,...
Icelandic World Championships in the middle of the Swiss Alps
Isn't it a temping view: Travelling to Switzerland for having an outstanding week in early August this year? See the best Tölters, Pacers plus the Four and Five Gaiters taking part in the exciting Icelandic Horses World Championships in Brunnadern? But not only this,...
Updated FIPO rules for IceTest
IceTest users are invited to download the yearly release of FIPO rules, valid for sport events after April 1, 2009.
Sport Judges at World Championships 2009
The list of Sport Judges at the World Championships 2009 in Brunnadern (CH) has been set. Chief judge is Einar Ragnarsson, Deputy Chief Judge Claudia Glück. 11 Judges have been appointed by the member associations, 4 others by a selection committee. The 15 judges are:...
FIPO 6.9 / 2009
The new FIPO (valid as of April 1, 2009) is available for download. The main changes are: - description of requirements in different gaits is added - different procedure to select judges for World Championships - team competition at World Championships - refinement of...
Summary of the Annual Breeding Meeting 2009
At the breeding meeting 2009, the WorldFengur report and the work of the FEIF Breeding Registration group were presented. By beginning of 2009 more than 310.000 horses were already registered in WorldFengur and WorldFengur is already used as the main stud book by...
Summary of the Annual Youth Meeting 2009
In 2009 Sweden was elected as the best youth country of the year 2008 as the amount of activities had increased a lot at all levels. Activities with and without horses had been organized and there was a lot of contact with the youngsters all over the country to find...
Open Seminar for Sport Judges
The Open Seminar for Sport Judges and the Test to become a National or FEIF Licensed International Sport Judge will take place September 18-20, 2009 in Islandpferdehof Vindhólar (Einar Hermannsson & Maren Junge), Stapelfeld, Germany (near Hamburg). The seminar is open...
Summary of the Annual Sport Meeting 2009
The Annual Sport Meeting 2009 addressed various items regarding the welfare of the horse. An inventory was made of the actions taken in the various member countries regarding this subject. The newly introduced checks on oral wounds at sport competitions proved to be...
Summary of the Annual Education Meeting 2009
In accordance with the theme of the conference, the Annual Education Meeting concentrated on Internal Organisation of FEIF Education. Elections were held for the FEIF Education Committee. Plans for the next year were discussed, including agreement on the updated...